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Know Your Rights: Domestic Violence
BayLegal Youth Intern Armaan Sharma has assembled and designed a new Know Your Rights resource on domestic violence. With extensive information on legal definitions and rights, and specific information for youth, immigrants, and LGBTQIA+ individuals, we hope this resource will prove useful to anyone seeking help or providing community education on domestic violence.
Know Your Rights: McKinney-Vento Act (education rights for youth experiencing homelessness)
BayLegal’s Youth Justice team has assembled a Know Your Rights document and resource list on the McKinney-Vento Act’s protections for youth experiencing homelessness. Many thanks to the YJ team’s high school interns, who have worked this summer to research and design this resource!
Know Your Rights: Youth Interactions with Law Enforcement
BayLegal’s Youth Justice practice has produced a helpful guide to youth interactions with police, ICE, and other law enforcement. It is important that young people know their rights and how to assert and protect them in encounters with law enforcement—especially for black or brown youth, who are more often mistreated by police. The guide includes a one-page overview of the four phrases and key concepts to remember when dealing with law enforcement, with additional details, strategies, and resources on the following pages.
Protecting Yourself Against Eviction: Self-Help Answer Packet for Tenants
Is your landlord trying to evict you? Have you received court papers for an “unlawful detainer”? It is important that you protect your rights. The first step to protecting yourself is to file an “Answer”
(form UD-105) in court after you get court papers for eviction.
Juvenile Court Guardianships in Delinquency Court: A Quick Guide
This guide, prepared by BayLegal’s Youth Justice team, covers the process of court-appointed guardianships for youth in delinquency court. Topics include how and under whose authority the process can be started, which forms are required and who needs to complete or assist with them, benefits and supports available for youth and guardians, and resources for further assistance. Also attached is a ZIP file containing a set of juvenile court guardianships forms for easy access and reference.
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